THE HIGH SCHOOL. It Is More Than Likely That the Site Will He on Scott Street. Acting upon the suggestion of Supervisor Boyd, a conference was held yesterday afternoon at the Mayor's office by Supervisors Boyd, Bush and Becker, School Directors Stone and McDonald and the Mayor regarding the proposed site of tho new 11 i li School for girls. The members of the Board of Education adhered to their previously announced preference for the lot on Scott xtreet, adjoining Hamilton square. They reprerented that it was the only available oue in the city which would not have to be purchased. A general discussion ensued, during which the title to the lot on Hamilton square was questioned by the Supervisors. The proposal to remove the Bedding Primary School and the carpenter-shop from the Laikiu-street lot was met by an objection from tho School Directors that it would not be large enough. Other localities were suggested and discussed, but there seemed to be a unanimous opinion regarding the Sco...

Slugle Tax and Politic... At a business meeting of the Single Tax Society held on Monday the following resolution was adopted: Whemeas, The California Single Tax Soelety of Sau frauciseo Is organized for tne purpose ot educating the masses lv Hie principles upon which Hie slugle tax doctrlue Is based, and nut lor the purpose ol louulug a new political uariv. therefore be It ' " Jtesolvetl, That this society conflne Itself solely to the great educational woik In winch it Is engaged, leaving its Individual members entirely Hee 10 vote with and support whatever political movement Is 10 their judgment best adapted 10 further the Interests of the masses of tliclr fel-low-cltlzeus. - -

Identified aH the Burglars. John Kane, a young man, was arrested yesterday morning on Guerrero street by Officer Perrin for having, with , William' Goru-an, burglariously entered the Union Hotel on Howard street last Thursday. Gorman was caught by th« landlord of the St. Nicholas House adjoining while escaping over the roof of bis house, Kane making good his escape. The prisoners have been identified by the proprietor of the St. Nicholas.

THE STOCK MARKET. Stocks were very strong In the regular call yesterday morning, but beyond active trading In Chollar and Potosl the market was quiet. Chollar sold up to »«4 60 and down to $4 20. Potosl rose steadily to »4 60: Norcross touched $3. Opblr $4 75, Union S3 30 and Con. CaL and Virginia *5. in the arternoon call Con. Cal. and Virginia advanced to S6 26, but the other stocks showed a downward tendency. Trading was quiet. The close was somewhat lower all around, as will be seen by the quotations below. Local securities were moderately dealt In. S. 7. Water sold up to $99 and Electric Light to $19 37% bid. Hawaiian Commercial declined to $25 25. North Belle Isle Isassessed 20c and Navajo 15c. Cou. Cal. and Virginia has shipped $56,118, the last shipment on March account. The mine produced In March 12,330 tons of ore. The total bullion yield was $246,148 31, of which $132,128 91 was gold, and $113,719 37 silver. The average yield It} bullion per ton was $19 96, of which $10 7...

PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT. Justice Lamar never accepts a pass or present of any kind. Kins Humbert has given 5200,000 to erect a monument to Mazzini. Julia Ward Howe is the best Greek scholar of her sex in the country. Senator Blair's speech in behalf of his educational bill contained 273,000 words. Ilenrik Ibsen is writing a realistic novel of London life. Boston is excepted. The new Sultan of Zanzibar haa only twenty-three wives. He is considered practically a bachelor in that country. llr. Henry L. Warner of Boston has given £10,000 to his native town of Harvard, Mass., to establish a free, non-partisan, and unsectarian lecture course. Ezra Marble, who died recently at Fall Kiver, Muss., at;ed 83 years, Bet up and put in operation the first calico printing machine ever used in the United States. An American who recently saw Prince Murat in Paris says that tho gilt-edged matrimonial catch is looking old and worried. lie should be careful. His market value depends somewhat upon h...

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ADMISSION DAY. The Institute Urged to Postpone the Annual Fair. Potent Reasons Presented to the Trustees by Kative Sons, Pioneers and the Merchants—Action Delayed. Tie Trustees of the Mechanics' Institute were waited upon last evening by a delegation, lor the B pose of inducing i hem to postpone the annual lair 10 afford lire Native Sons of the (101. west and the Pioneers the use of the pavilion on September Sth, 910 ana loth, in celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the admission of California into lie Union. The Native Sous were represented by K. P Hammond Jr., M. A. Horn and Charles L. Welter Jr. ; the Pioneers by Secretary Hiram T. Graves, the Chamber of Commerce by President George c. Perkins, the Produce Exchange by President Barry Baldwin, the State Board of Harbor Commissioners by President William D. English, and Hie Citizen's Relief Committee by William 11. Bunker. EI lie usual business was suspended to hear tho visitors, Chairman Hammond of the Native Sons' Committee ma...

MABIXE NOTES, Two Seamen of the Ship Dawpool Injured at Sea. The British ship Dawpool arrived yesterday and reports that on January 23d, in latitude 24 south, longitude 82° east, she experienced a heavy hurricane from the southeast, lasting two days, with very heavy sea running. John Jones, a seaman, had one of his legs broken by a heavy sea coining aboard and throwing him on a spar on the main deck. Again yesterday morning, when 12') miles off port, it was blowing from the north, with a heavy sen, and while furling the foretop gallant sail .1. Leahy, a seaman, fell from the yard Into tin- life-boat. The fall was about ninety feet, and Leahy broke both of his logs and . shattered one of the thwarts of the boat. i be barkentiue John Smith arrived yesterday from Honolulu, with 10,207 bags of sugar, 504 bunches of bananas and 1 baz of Hawaiian mail. She reports that the barkentiue irtngard had hauled into the dock to load sugar for this port and was expected to sail in a few days, pend...

FAINTED ID COUBT. Agnes B. Coveny Swoons When She Hears Her Titlo Qnratloned. . Agnes Is. Coveny created a sensation yesterday in Justice of the Peace Hebbard's court by falling Into a faint. She is the defendant In a suit brought by W. M. Mac- Millan to recover $150 as a commission for effecting the sale of a piece of real estate on Middle street. Objection was made to the jurisdiction of the court on tin- ground that the action involved the title to property, and to sustain this a witness was produced who swore that the sale was not effected because of a cloud in the title. When the defendant heard this testimony she uttered a scream and fell • out of her chair to the floor in a dead faint. l)rs. Haskell aud Gilmour happened to he in the room at the time and applied restoratives. In fifteen minutes the lady revived and left the court. The trial of the case was then continued for one week.

G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. A Circular From Boston Regarding Accommodations. The headquarters of the National Encampment, (J. A. It, for IS9O, are in the Lowell Building, No. 2A, Beacon street, Boston, Mass. Circular 3, which relates to the work of the Committee on Accommodations, of which Harrison Hume is Chairman, states that it is desirous of extending hospitality to all visitors and fully realizes that such a thing is difficult to accomplish. It proceeds then as follows: To lessen these labors it lias been thought best to issue the following circular: first— Do you desire free quarters? Second— How many do you expect to bring? Third— For how long a time do you wish to engage quarters '.' Mechanics' Building has been engaged for the use of members of toe Grand Army of the Kepuhltc. The committee will furnish mattresses, but cannot provide blankets. A restaoranl will be established in the building, so that all cau purchase their meals at leasoiuble rales. Parlies wishing Hotel accommodat...

A WHISKY TRANSACTION. Litigation Growing Out of William T. Colemnn &amp;amp; Co.'a Failure. There was filed in the Superior Court yesterday an agreed statement of facts upon which a controversy exists between Outerbridge Horsey and William T. Coleman &amp;amp; Co. and the assignees of the latter, L. L. Baker and Louis Sloss. It is set forth in tho statement that Horsey is a distiller of whisky in Maryland, and was in the habit of consigning his goods in bulk to Coleman &amp;amp; Co. for sale in lots, and then, instead of waiting for payments, to draw cash from the firm against the consignment. When Coleman &amp;amp; Co. failed in May, 1888, there was an apparent overdraft of Ilorsey's to the amount of $8000, but there should have been sufficient whisky belonging to Horsey in the possession of' Coleman &amp;amp; Co. to pay the dralt and all expenses and leave Horsey a profit on the consignment. However, it is alleged that shortly before the failure Coleman &am...